Riverside Wetlands – Rhine beach loop from Benrath

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Riverside Wetlands – Rhine beach loop from Benrath

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Riverside Wetlands – Rhine beach loop from Benrath

03:50

15.1km

30m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 8, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Urdenbacher Kämpe

Urdenbacher Altrhein und Baumberger Aue

Rheinufer-Urdenbacher Altrhein bei Baumberg

Am Kirberger Loch

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.63 km

Orchard meadows in the Urdenbacher Kämpe

Highlight (Segment) • Natural

The Rhine is particularly undisturbed along the Urdenbacher Rheinauen: no town, factory or road nearby. It's rare to experience electricity so close to nature in the Rhineland.

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2.30 km

View of the Rhine and the Urdenbacher Kämpe

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This vantage point not only offers a beautiful view of the Rhine, which everyone knows, but also of the Urdenbacher Kämpe, a special highlight.
With an area of 316 hectares, …

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2.77 km

Tree ruins in the floodplain landscape

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These weathered poplar trees are very beautiful and impressive.

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4.68 km

Urdenbacher Kämpe Nature Reserve

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3. : The diversity of vegetation in the Urdenbacher Kämpe is impressive. Wet meadows with colorful flowers, reed areas, and small forests provide a habitat for a variety of plant …

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4.75 km

Lowland waterbody at the former summer dike (Urdenbacher Kämpe)

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The former summer dike used to ensure that the agricultural fields were not flooded during floods. However, in 2014, the dike was opened in two places as part of the …

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7.18 km

View of the Old Rhine at Urdenbacher Kämpe

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At this bridge you can once again enjoy the great view and then leave the old summer dike. Suddenly the landscape changes: Instead of the wet meadows your way leads …

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8.68 km

Riverside Wetlands

Highlight • Natural

Great meadow landscape that I would not have expected in the form there.

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9.83 km

Rheinufer-Urdenbacher Altrhein bei Baumberg

Nature Reserve

10.2 km

Am Kirberger Loch

Nature Reserve

10.7 km

Beach

11.6 km

Rhine beach

Highlight • Beach

Very nice path along the Rhine.

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15.1 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.75 km

4.38 km

1.17 km

537 m

254 m

Surfaces

6.85 km

4.93 km

1.46 km

976 m

874 m

Elevation

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Weather

Sunday 11 October

17°C

4°C

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Comments

February 17, 2025,Eine 🌞runde am Rhein 🥾🐕🐕🐾

After I saw @Katja and Carmen's tour yesterday and had to work. I was a little jealous 😅, but today there was no stopping me. A beautiful tour along the Rhine.

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October 11, 2023,Auenlandschaft – Schöne Aussicht Runde von Urdenbach

We used yesterday's sunny autumn day to visit the Urdenbacher Kämpe.

The floodplain landscape in the nature reserve welcomed us with a happy concert of frogs!
Class!!!

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May 4, 2024,Runde Urdenbacher Kämpe

The start and finish was Urdenbach, where there are some beautiful half-timbered houses.
The Urdenbacher Kämpe nature reserve is a bird paradise. Apart from the more common bird species, we were able to hear marsh warblers, cuckoos, nightingales and whitethroats, among others.

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June 16, 2024,Auenlandschaft – Schöne Aussicht Runde von Urdenbach

It was a very, very nice tour. We started at the hospital. There is parking there.

Past half-timbered houses, through beautiful parks, past the beautiful Rhine and then through pure nature and forests back to the starting point.

There is a lot to see and discover. Not suitable for strollers, wheelchairs or walkers. You should have hiking experience because there …

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August 23, 2022,Urdenbacher Kämpe 🦢und Schloss Benrath 🏰 mit wenig 💦, aber Unrat 😥

Almost a week ago, we enjoyed the mood in the morning and the cooler temperatures at the start at 6:30 a.m. and ran a tour of the Urdenbacher Kämpe.
The Kempe lies on an arm of the old Rhine and actually has numerous wet areas and fens.
Actually...
The round continued along the Rhine to Benrath and after visiting the …

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July 26, 2025,Urdenbacher | Kämpe

... the purely factual data [t; x; v] of the tour speak for themselves: It was an extremely beautiful day in the best company!!! 😉☀️🤗🙋🏻‍♂️

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December 26, 2024,Auenlandschaft – Rheinstrand Runde von Urdenbach

🌊 Rhine Loop with Adventure Factor
Let's start from Urdenbach into the floodplain landscape – actually quite relaxing… until the floods came 🌧️💦.
The Rhine shore is partly underwater, muddy paths, and the trail is flooded – including a spontaneous climb through the bushes 🌿🧗‍♀️
The Old Rhine appears wild, while Benrath Castle remains a safe distance away 🏰👀 – …

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January 8, 2023,Urdenbacher Kämpe mit „der Kleenen“

After I was "only" out with the big one yesterday and our little one had survived her infection from Fri-Sat, she also wanted to go on a tour with dad.

No sooner said than done and off to the always beautiful Urdenbacher Kämpe and the Rhine. We saved the ferry to Zons for the next tour together with the whole …

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